---
type: "Bill"
title: "Child Witness Testimony/Procedures."
description: "Child Witness Testimony/Procedures."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2009"
identifier: "HB 192"
citation: "North Carolina HB 192 (2009)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COURTS", "CRIMINAL PROCEDURE", "EVIDENCE", "MINORS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "TITLE CHANGE", "WITNESSES", "CHAPTERED", "REP. GLAZIER", "REP. ROSS", "REP. STAM"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ross", "Stam"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-02-17"
last_action: "2009-07-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b9fe3069-9a9d-466a-a7f0-0ea2930c370f"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&BillID=H192&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "25a615f2af2b5eca5c22a21243250ff2cfccd2549de6b0974aa0b9993c27109d"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-nc"]
---

# North Carolina HB 192 (2009) — Child Witness Testimony/Procedures.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Filed** (filed) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H192v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ARK-35-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2009/197/0/H192-ARK-35-V-1)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H192v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H192v2.pdf)
5. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H192v3.pdf)
6. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H192v4.pdf)
7. **Edition 5** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H192v5.pdf)
8. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H192v6.pdf)
9. **SL2009-356** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H192v7.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- M11 Concur — **116–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ross — primary (person)
- Stam — primary (person)
- Cotham — cosponsor (person)
- E. Floyd — cosponsor (person)
- Glazier — cosponsor (person)
- Insko — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- M. Alexander — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2009-07-27** Ch. SL 2009-356 `became-law`
- **2009-07-27** Signed By Gov. 7/27/2009 `executive-signature`
- **2009-07-17** Pres. To Gov. 7/17/2009 `executive-receipt`
- **2009-07-16** Ratified
- **2009-07-15** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2009-07-14** Placed On Cal For 7/15/2009
- **2009-07-13** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2009-07-13** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2009-07-08** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-07-08** Amend Adopted #1 `amendment-passage`
- **2009-07-01** Placed On Cal For 7/8/2009
- **2009-07-01** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2009-06-30** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2009-06-30** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-03-04** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-04** Rec From House
- **2009-03-03** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-03-02** Placed On Cal For 3/3/2009
- **2009-03-02** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2009-03-02** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-02-18** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2009-02-18** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-02-17** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b9fe3069-9a9d-466a-a7f0-0ea2930c370f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).